Heathkit 13-FM
Almost nothing is documented about the Heathkit 13-FM. No specifications, no production years, no original price, no manual excerpt has come through to the Archive. The name and the audio classification point to an FM tuner kit, but that's inference from the model number, not a confirmed identity.
The period magazines do show a nearby promotional push (HiFi/Stereo Review, July 1964, p.61). In mid-1964, Heathkit's own advertising, not an independent review, promoted a new FM stereo tuner at $49.95 paired with a 16-watt stereo amplifier at $39.95. Together that made a complete stereo electronics package for $89.90 (HiFi/Stereo Review, July 1964, p.61; also High Fidelity, September 1964, p.77). The surviving ad copy doesn't legibly name the tuner's model number, so we can't confirm it's the 13-FM. A year earlier, Heathkit was advertising a different model in the "13" family - the AR-13 solid-state stereo receiver at $195.00 (High Fidelity, November 1963, p.10). That at least shows the number range was in use.
That's the whole record. If you own a 13-FM or have a Heathkit catalog page that names it, the Archive would like to know.
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